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dunecello 's review for:
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear
by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
funny
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
I enjoyed the author's tongue-in-cheek style of writing about this failed experiment in establishing a libertarian paradise. There was a greater focus on bears than I expected but it was a pleasant surprise.
Dislikes were the over-usage of chapter cliffhangers and the somewhat anticlimactic ending. This latter complaint is not a fault of the author although I was led to believe that the town's death knell would have more to do with bears than it really did.
One of my favorite aspects of this whole ordeal is that Grafton residents rely on towns with higher taxes for everything, from jobs to gasoline to essential services like firefighting. The inability to look around and realize the reason for their dilapidated town makes me depressed about the lack of self-reflection that will occur due to the cutting of federally funded social programs. The "Free Keene" movement at the end sickened me. Of course they'd prefer to hijack a town with nice ameneties instead of going to Grafton. And they won't bother to consider where those ameneties came from.
Another favorite part was when the author returned to find these freedom-lovershaving had to literally fence themselves in to protect themselves from the bears . The irony is delicious.
Dislikes were the over-usage of chapter cliffhangers and the somewhat anticlimactic ending. This latter complaint is not a fault of the author although I was led to believe that the town's death knell would have more to do with bears than it really did.
One of my favorite aspects of this whole ordeal is that Grafton residents rely on towns with higher taxes for everything, from jobs to gasoline to essential services like firefighting. The inability to look around and realize the reason for their dilapidated town makes me depressed about the lack of self-reflection that will occur due to the cutting of federally funded social programs. The "Free Keene" movement at the end sickened me. Of course they'd prefer to hijack a town with nice ameneties instead of going to Grafton. And they won't bother to consider where those ameneties came from.
Another favorite part was when the author returned to find these freedom-lovers
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore